Alfred Johns

Alfred Edward Johns (22 January 1868 – 13 February 1934) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Australia and Victoria between 1895 and 1899.[1]

Alfred Edward Johns

Personal information
Full name	Alfred Edward Johns
Born	22 January 1868 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Died	13 February 1934 (aged 66) Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Left-hand
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	Peter Johns (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1894–1895	Victoria
1898–1899	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 37 Runs scored 429 Batting average 11.28 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 57 Catches/stumpings 58/26

Born in Hawthorn, Melbourne, he was one of eight children of Elizabeth (née Tudor) and Peter Johns, founder of the lift manufacturing firm Johns & Waygood.[2] Alfred Johns died in 1934 in Melbourne, aged 66.

Cricket career

Johns made his first-class debut for Victoria in a match against an A E Stoddart's XI in March 1895.[3] A wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman, he toured with the Australian national team to England twice in 1896 and 1899 without playing in a Test Match.[4] Unusually for an Australian player, over half of Johns' first-class matches were played in England rather than Australia.[4]

See also

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

References

1. Alfred Johns at ESPNcricinfo
2. Blainey, Geoffrey (1972). "Peter Johns". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. Victoria vs A E Stoddart's XI scorecard. Retrieved 13 November 2012. (subscription required)
4. Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..

External links

• Johns' obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack